How the Killeen Independent School District is handling $426 million in taxpayer money isn’t the only hot topic of discussion among challengers and incumbents vying for seats in the May 4 Board of Trustees election. Read more
Tuition rates, resident taxation and recruitment and retention of Central Texas College employees are some issues candidates for the Board of Trustees face in a race for a seat. Read more
The City of Kempner only has one contested race this election cycle, but several issues to consider moving forward. Read more
Harker Heights will have one contested race for a City Council seat on the May 4 ballot. Read more
Two seats on the Salado Independent School District’s Board of Trustees are up for grabs in the upcoming municipal election to take place May 4. Read more
Eight candidates are vying for three seats on the Killeen City Council. Read more
The Salado Board of Aldermen is looking to fill three seats in the upcoming municipal election, to take place May 4. Those seats currently belong to Aldermen Andy Jackson and Michael McDougal, who will not be seeking re-election, and the seat once filled by Fred Brown that was left vacant af… Read more
Five candidates are vying for four seats on the Belton City Council. They are Cindy Black, John Holmes, Dan Kirkley, David K. Leigh and Craig Pearson. Read more
The Shoemaker softball team set out this season to prove they’re not the underdogs. Read more
How the Killeen Independent School District is handling $426 million in taxpayer money isn’t the only hot topic of discussion among challengers and incumbents vying for seats in the May 4 Board of Trustees election. Read more
Should they or shouldn’t they? Read more
Houston-based public accounting firm McConnell & Jones publicly presented the conclusions of its management audit Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017, and with it, a 173-page report detailing problems and recommendations within city finances.
Better pay for Killeen’s employees. That was the intent was behind salary hikes in fiscal years 2014 and 2015, based on a consultant’s study that showed public safety employees, such as police and firefighters, were paid below market, and that 70 percent of overall city employees weren’t ade… Read more
Oct. 7 marks 17 years of war in Afghanistan, making the war against terrorists in that nation the longest combat conflict in U.S. history. Compared to the war in Afghanistan, Vietnam comes the closest to length of combat — troops fighting an enemy and giving their lives for this nation — wit… Read more
Parents of children in special education are still able to register for free advice from field experts gathered at Texas A&M University–Central Texas. Read more
BELTON — Bell County’s aquifers are in dire straits. Read more
Killeen will lose at least one Family Dollar in the next few weeks as part of a nationwide plan by the dollar-store giant to close hundreds of stores this year. Read more
Palo Alto eighth-grader Demontae Chapman runs to a victory in the 110-meter hurdles April 11 during the Killeen ISD Middle School Championhip Meet at Leo Buckley Stadium. Patterson’s Timothy Forbis, left, finished second.
BOSTON (AP) — Stop & Shop supermarket workers and company officials reached a tentative contract agreement Sunday, according to news releases from both parties. Read more
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